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A team of Chevron volunteers is working with local organizations to help restore and protect these reefs. Photo courtesy of the Blue Indigo Foundation.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="mod_5308d836" class="c06 container-fluid section-bg-color bg-white" data-cvx-module-name="c06"> <div class="inner-container col centered width-800" style="margin-bottom:40px;"> <div class="body width-600 centered"> <p>Colombia is known for its fragrant coffee and beautiful landscapes, but there is a hidden treasure off the coast.</p> <p>Under the country’s busy shipping lanes and cruise routes lie more than 440,000 acres of endangered coral reef. In 2021, Colombia began a reef restoration program to save this important natural habitat for corals—colonial organisms composed of hundreds to hundreds of thousands of individual animals called polyps.</p> <p>The reefs targeted for restoration include those at Isla Fuerte, Providencia, Santa Marta, Rincón del Mar and Varadero.</p> <p>Alejandro Riveros, Chevron’s corporate affairs advisor for Colombia and Central America, and a team of Chevron volunteers saw a chance to help. They collaborated with Corales de Paz, a science-based reef protection group. Together, they started the Energy Reefs program.</p> <p>“Community involvement is so important to the protection of these ecosystems. We have the third-largest reef formation in the world,” said Riveros.</p> <p>The project started with a single growing tank for coral. It soon expanded to include coral reef monitoring and school programs to help restore the coral forest.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="mod_6dc4d942" class="c17b container-fluid newsroom-image-fade section-bg-color bg-white" data-cvx-module-name="c17b"> <div class="inner-container centered width-800" style="margin-bottom:40px;"> <div class="row"> <div class="col col-12"> <img src="/-/media/chevron/newsroom/2024/Q3/restoring-Colombias-coral-reefs-02.jpg?h=882&w=1568&la=en&hash=C80B0366CF90CFE7CB080DED6258DDF1" height="882" loading="lazy" class="centered img-fluid newsroom-image-fade-item" width="1568" alt="Alejandro Riveros joined in local dives to monitor the growth of new coral" /> </div> </div> <p class="caption body-3 col centered text-center width-600 ">Chevron volunteers including Alejandro Riveros joined in local dives to monitor the growth of new coral. Photo courtesy of the Blue Indigo Foundation. </p> </div> </div> <div id="mod_8adc1564" class="c06 container-fluid section-bg-color bg-white" data-cvx-module-name="c06"> <div class="inner-container col centered width-800" style="margin-bottom:40px;"> <h2 class ="headline dark-blue">1 million corals</h2> <div class="body width-600 centered"> <p>In 2022, UNESCO reported that nearly 80% of the Caribbean reef had been lost because of coastal development and other factors.</p> <p>As Energy Reefs came together, so did the largest coral reef rebuilding plan in the Americas. One Million Corals for Colombia aimed to restore more than 494 acres of reef. To get there, they needed to grow one million coral pieces.</p> <p>It was a big task—494 acres is nearly the size of 374 football fields.</p> <p>To help tackle the challenge, the Energy Reefs team gathered community members, experts, journalists and local leaders. Chevron volunteers also joined dives to measure the reef’s condition.</p> <p>While at sea, these citizen scientists learned how to recognize coral bleaching—damage caused by rising sea temperatures.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="mod_f1b0874a" class="c02 container-fluid font-gotham-narrow section-bg-color bg-white theme-text-dark-blue" data-cvx-module-name="c02"> <div class="inner-container col centered width-800 text-center" style="margin-bottom:60px;"> <div class="row"> <div class="col col-12 centered"> </div> </div> <div class="body body-quote theme-text-color">“We want the communities that live near coral reefs to be educated in the care of marine biodiversity, to be empowered by their ecosystem and to become the main protectors, so they continue to carry out monitoring and apply the knowledge acquired.”</div> <p class="body-xs margin-bottom-0">juliana rodr铆guez</p> <p class="body-3">communication manager<br />corales de paz</p> </div> </div> <div id="mod_58a5fd91" class="c06 container-fluid section-bg-color bg-white" data-cvx-module-name="c06"> <div class="inner-container col centered width-800" style="margin-bottom:40px;"> <h2 class ="headline dark-blue">benefits beyond the sea</h2> <div class="body width-600 centered"> <p>In June 2023, the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development reported that, at that time, thanks to the One Million Corals for Colombia project, 735,822 new fragments of more than 30 coral species had been obtained in 12 coral areas of the Caribbean and Colombian Pacific.</p> <p>Energy Reefs volunteers observed approximately 17,000 feet of reef during the sponsored dives. By monitoring the condition of the coral, they could identify areas that needed extra help. 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